The Tory hierarchy is looking a bit the worse for wear. It is beginning to take on aspects of the last year of the Major and Brown governments, with hostile briefings, rows and leaks, as ambitious acolytes try to distance themselves from a busted flush and position themselves for election defeat followed by a new leader. They dream that they will be chosen.This is silly. Defeat, though likely, is not certain, first because Labour has not yet got its act together and may not ever do so and second because Scotland just might cause an upset and vote Yes for independence. Without its Scottish seats, Labour would be hard pressed to form a government on its own, or even with the Lib Dems who look like losing the most in May 2015.
But it is silly also because the Tories already have a leader in waiting who is head and shoulders above the line up of alternatives to Cameron; Boris. Boris is streets ahead in popularity in the Tory party, among Tory voters and among all voters. He is also the only one who could see off Farage. Moreover Boris knows how to say it in a way which resonates. The clip of his observations about Tony Blair and Iraq on the BBC news website is priceless. Especially the ending.
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